Your favourite wine region pics
Your favourite wine region pics
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pikey

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7,704 posts

314 months

Thursday 28th December 2006
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Guess what mine is?






pikey

Original Poster:

7,704 posts

314 months

Thursday 28th December 2006
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Very stoney ground, was quite surprising actually.

Also, if you were wondering what happened to the rest of the Chateau, the Germans stored munitions in it and "chucked a match in" when retreating.

olf

11,978 posts

248 months

Thursday 28th December 2006
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Superb. I can play this too!

Don

28,378 posts

314 months

Thursday 28th December 2006
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Good thread idea...

The wine region I enjoyed visiting the most was probably the Douro in Portugal. Absolutely stunning scenery and vastly interesting wines...

...but the one I photographed (badly) was Marolborough in New Zealand's South Island.

Amazing place. The vineyards aren't on the slopes - they in the flat valley between two mountain ranges and the sea...



The inevitable barrels pic



Interting bottle sizes (TERRIBLE pic)



Hired a Z3 - best roadster/sports available from Thrifty - tried to get a Porsche but to no avail...





The Mrs inspecting the grapes - but not wasting photography or drinking time!



Wine regions: some of the best places in the world to tour. Perfect for sports cars, photography, walking, ...

Already planning next trip...

olf

11,978 posts

248 months

Thursday 28th December 2006
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Right, the New Zealand ones have already had an airing but these two are my favourites. These were taken in the Cloudy Bay vineyard vicinity.





Next Up is St Emilion.


Then Montepulciano, which is just cloud9 ...




And then Moet & Chandon in Epernay.



Which is not very photogenic but you can't take photos inside and this does have my old merc in shot.

and then.. Languedoc and the disney castle inspiration of Carcassonne.





Edited by olf on Thursday 28th December 16:10

V6GTO

11,579 posts

272 months

Thursday 28th December 2006
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Can't find a photo of my lips...

Martin.

cossiemetro

1,092 posts

270 months

Thursday 28th December 2006
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very nice pics m8

olf

11,978 posts

248 months

Thursday 28th December 2006
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Pikey,

Some of your shots look a bit weird, can't quite put my fingure on it but, you know like blurred or over exposed or something. Not meaning to be critical just wondered what the deal was?

Otherwise cool nice shots. The Chateau must have been amazing before the krauts got at it, lovely aspect overlooking the countryside.

I love it when you see gates like that to buildings that no longer exist or are ruins... amazing.

I bet there's some money in them there cast iron gates. Nick em and sell them on the black market - gates from C-N-D-P! superb.



Edited by olf on Thursday 28th December 22:04

olf

11,978 posts

248 months

Thursday 28th December 2006
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Don, that one of Mrs Don is very cool!

hehe

Don

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314 months

Friday 29th December 2006
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olf said:
Don, that one of Mrs Don is very cool!

hehe


Not great photography - but it certainly captured the moment.

Needless to say - it was ME who was driving that day...